From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 26 23:16:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5854B37B401 for ; Sun, 26 Aug 2001 23:16:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4AC12B6ED; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:15:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E10E527; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:15:54 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:15:54 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP Auto-Send Need Message-ID: <20010827161554.P29424@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3.0.5.32.20010826102823.01151810@mail.sage-american.com> <20010827080143.D29422@k7.mavetju.org> <20010827084409.D3234@ns2.wananchi.com> <20010827155009.O29424@k7.mavetju.org> <20010827090442.F3234@ns2.wananchi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010827090442.F3234@ns2.wananchi.com>; from wash@wananchi.com on Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 09:04:42AM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 09:04:42AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > | > wash:~$ echo '$ blaat' | ftp -d longonot > | > Macro definition missing null line terminator. > | > ---> SYST > | > Please login with USER and PASS. > | > 'blaat' macro not found. > | > ---> QUIT > | > wash:~$ > | > | well, unfortunatly for you I've lost my crystal ball, so I don't > | know what's in your .netrc and as a result I have no clue what > | could be wrong there. If you would like an answer from me, you > | should at least include some information about it, giving me nothing > | is as usefull as complaining about the weather. > | > > Hello Edwin, > > I just did a copy cat test with what you gave but in this case I was > attempting an ftp session to a remote machine. I think that is where the > madness (on my part) started ;-) > It's because I was trying to simulate what the original poster wanted. > > machine longonot # longonot is the remote machine the dir Testdir exists > login wash > password XXXXXX > macdef blaat > cd Testdir > pwd > put .profile profile > quit > > You see I only changed 2 items ;-) Funny, I never knew this would happen if you forgot the last empty line at the end :-) macdef name Define a macro. This token functions like the ftp macdef com- mand functions. A macro is defined with the specified name; | its contents begin with the next .netrc line and continue until | a null line (consecutive new-line characters) is encountered. If a macro named init is defined, it is automatically executed as the last step in the auto-login process. So add an extra empty line to it and everything will be sweet. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message